American Indians

by Frederick Starr

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Genres: Native Americans

227 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1978

About the author

Frederick Starr (1858 – 1933) was an American academic, anthropologist, and "populist educator".

As he was avid collector of charms (ofuda) and votive slips (senjafuda or nōsatsu) he was called Dr. Ofuda (お札博士 Ofuda Hakushi) in Japan. He sold much of this collection to art collector and museum specialist Gertrude Bass Warner, and it currently resides at the University of Oregon Knight Library Special Collections & University Archives.

Reviews

[Gebo · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a fascinating book, despite the fact that it was written for children and is very old. A modern reader probably wouldn’t even notice that it was written for children as it’s pretty well written and rather comprehensive and information filled for such a small book on such a large topic. And despite its age, it reads with very little racism or other issues that might be too much for a modern reader.